COKE | Kobalt Works

COKE is a performance about entertainment as survival and survival as entertainment in Manila, Philippines.

The performance is born of a collaborative process with a group of six Filipino performers associated in diverse ways with the Manila entertainment industry - dancers, actors, singers, a drag queen, a macho dancer, the “Sexbomb Dancers” …

Entertainment is a pervasive element of everyday life in Manila. Dance entertainment is the dominant form of dance practice in the city – on TV and online, in bars and clubs, on stage and in the ‘barangays’… It is in the context of entertainment that most people in Manila experience dance. This context brings along a set of conditions that COKE reflects on.

Coke will be performed during Julidans 2016.

Creatives

Artistic Direction Arco Renz
Artistic Collaboration Nuria Guiu Sagarra & Eisa Jocson
Created with and danced by Raf Bravo, Lygie Carillo, Meann Espinosa, Eisa Jocson, Carlon Matobato, Ian Segarra
Original Music Marc Appart
Additional Music Waray Waray, filippino folk song perfomed by Earth a Kitt
Light Design Jonjon Villareal & Arco Renz
Costumes Santi Obcena
Set Design Arco Renz
Kobalt Works Company Manager Ine Vander Elst
Production Kobalt Works vzw
Co-Production PETA (Philippine Educational Theatre Association), Goethe Institut Manila
With the support of Contemporary Dance Network Manila, Fo Guang Shan Mabuhay Temple Manila
With the support of the Flemish Government